Humboldt German – Israeli Scientific Panel
Sustainability and Peace-Building in the Middle East
July 15, 2015
Venue: Freie Universität Berlin, Botanisches Museum
Großer Hörsaal, Königin-Luise-Straße 6-8, 14195 Berlin
Hours: 17:00 – 20:00
17:00 Greetings and Welcome
Avraham Nir-Feldklein, Minister of the Israeli Embassy in Germany
Volker Beck, Chair, German-Israeli Group of Parliamentarians
Professor Klaus Mühlhahn, Vice President, Freie Universität Berlin
17:30 Opening Remarks
Professor Avi Gottlieb, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
and Porter School of Environmental Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Sustainable Peace-Building in the Middle East
Panel Speakers
17:50 Professor Stuart Schoenfeld, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, York University, Canada
Sustainability and Peace-Building in the Eastern Mediterranean: Deadlock and Opportunities
18:20 Gidon Bromberg & Nader Khateeb, Israeli and Palestinian Co-Directors, EcoPeace Middle East (FoEME)
The Water and Energy Nexus as a Catalyst for Middle East Peace
18:50 Professor Hans Günter Brauch, Chair, Peace Research and European Security Studies, Germany
Sustainability and Peacebuilding in the Anthropocene
19:20 Discussion and Closing Remarks
Chair: Professor Miranda Schreurs, Director, Environmental Policy Research Centre, Freie Universität Berlin
20:00 End of Conference
